Eggerness
Rock Carving(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Eggerness
Classification Rock Carving(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 63174
Site Number NX44NE 37.03
NGR NX 4866 4732
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Sorbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX44NE 37.3 4866 4732
Further N the wall turns a right angle. About 85m WNW of this corner and 1m E of the wall is a normally turf covered greywackie slab. Bared to about 1m by 0.5m there was a well defined 2-convulation spiral 20cm diameter, 1cm deep, and some indefinite pockings which may have been intended as a 'deer'. The slab slopes 15 degrees E. (Cited grid reference, NX 4872 4737, appears incorrect)
R Morris and M van Hoek 1987
